Open AccessAbout the process of tumor metastasis
Author(s) -
N. V. Lazarev
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj83311
Subject(s) - metastasis , medicine , radiation therapy , cancer , cancer metastasis , process (computing) , primary tumor , oncology , intensive care medicine , medical physics , computer science , operating system
In the treatment of cancer patients, the most difficult problem is not so much the impact on the primary tumor, which can be removed by the surgeon or successfully subjected to radiation therapy, as the fight against metastases, which usually lead to the death of patients. Therefore, the study of the process of metastasis and the possibility of influencing it is one of the most important sections of modern oncology.